quicksilver blood

Chapter 395 Bloodstains

The door of the No. [-] warehouse was full of sundries, and heavy dust accumulated on it. Only a small piece of ground at the door was swept clean.

As soon as Roland walked to the door, he smelled a faint musty smell. The smell of rotting wood soaked in water was very obvious in the air.

The heavy wooden door was closed tightly, with a thin layer of dust on it.The dark chains that gave people a heavy feeling were repeatedly wrapped around the door. The chains were coated with a thick layer of oil, and when they were smelled from a distance, they gave off an unpleasant pungent smell.

"...This is the second warehouse where medical supplies are placed?"

Roland cast his eyes on the red flower, the significance of which is self-evident.

Chi Kajihua nodded embarrassingly: "...Roland, you have to know that Richero hasn't used these medical equipment for nearly ten years. The Earl doesn't pay much attention to it."

"But aren't these medical devices new?"

"The equipment is not new, but the medical supplies arrived a few days ago."

Facing Roland's question, Akajika nodded sharply: "According to Caral's regulations, in order to prevent the officials of the medical department from pocketing their own pockets, the supplementary medical supplies and firefighting supplies in each township must be provided by professionals when they are in place on time. Only then can you sign the confirmation form. But you also know that the position of chief medical officer is useless except for the convenience of throwing blame..."

"—So you accepted the commission from the Earl and signed your name on the confirmation form?"

Roland continued.

Akashika nodded feebly.

This was also expected by Roland.

Generally speaking, the position of chief medical officer is usually held part-time by the stationed white-robed druid, so it will not cause too much trouble to the officials.And for a free area like Richero that doesn't have druids stationed there, they need to spend money to hire another chief medical officer.

However, the chief medical officer does not need to treat diseases or train doctors. Only when a medical accident occurs, the chief medical officer is required to take the blame.Few areas would spend money to raise such a useless thing, and it is generally used less than once in more than ten years.Those medical supplies will not be distributed to civilians in a warehouse on weekdays, and they will only be taken out nearby when a major disaster strikes, but the probability of a "major disaster" will not be too high. , no matter whether the chief medical officer is in place or not, the troubles faced by the lord will definitely not be reduced by half, so it can be said that it is almost the same.

Therefore, when the higher-level medical department distributes medical supplies on a regular basis, it will deliberately distribute the backlog of medical supplies and equipment that are closest to expiration or even expired to these areas that do not employ chief medical officers.These areas can then be signed by some foreigners who have settled in the area.

Because of the tacit understanding between the two parties, these dangerous items flowed in.According to Caral's law, if something happens, according to Caral's law, at most they can only be wanted and held accountable in the country.At this time, as long as the lord gives a sum of money, it's all right to let those foreigners go back to the country-in short, it must be much cheaper than hiring a medical chief for several years.

After all, the chief medical officer is a long-level official, and belongs to the same level as the knight commander.And in non-wartime, the military salary of the knight commander is 20 to 30 gold coins a year, which is almost equal to the tax of the previous town for two months.

Even if their mayor was an earl, he would feel bad about it.Even if he only has a false title, does not hold any position in the capital, and even has a territory comparable to a viscount, he is still an earl after all.But for ordinary people, it is even more distressing.

For them, such a flexible way of doing things can make each other convenient.But none of them thought what would happen if these medical devices were really used one day.

"Do you remember those shipments? How did they look? Is there a problem with the seal?"

Roland thought for a while, then asked.

If there is no problem with the sealing, Roland can basically assume that there is no problem with the bandages when they arrived here.

But Chi Kajika's answer was completely beyond Roland's expectations.

He shook his head with a wry smile: "I have never seen that batch of goods at all."

Roland was slightly taken aback.

"Haven't you seen it?"

"I've never seen it before."

Chi Kajihua replied resolutely: "You know, I was living in the Earl's Mansion at the time, and one day at noon the Earl gave me a document for me to sign. At that time, I was going to live in his house to find the devil, so I took a look. There was no hidden trap in the document and I signed it... After all, although I am from Fararo, I also know this tradition of the Caral people. I didn't ask anything at the time."

"and many more."

Roland finally remembered what he had overlooked before.

A gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes: "You mean, the Earl gave you the confirmation slip after he brought it home? Was there anyone around him at that time?"

"Yeah... what's the problem?"

Chi Kajika looked bewildered, but seeing Roland's expression, he also realized what was wrong with his answer, and couldn't help but put a serious expression on his face.

"There is a big problem." Roland nodded and sneered. "According to the normal process, he can't handle the confirmation form at all. From the beginning to the end, the confirmation form should be in the hands of the officials of the medical department."

"...but what does this mean?"

Akakawa's pupils narrowed slightly.

But the look of doubt on his face didn't decrease in the slightest: "Did he collude with the officials of the medical department? Or was there part of his devil's deal, or that the official was mentally controlled by that devil? I did see that The codes of various types of medical supplies are written on the list, which is correct."

Roland did not answer with a sullen face.

He picked up the key from Akatsuki Hana, walked forward and opened the door.

He did this to prevent Edward from setting any traps in it, so he wanted to step Lei aside.Although it was unlikely, it was not far from the Earl's Mansion, and Edward had a chance to come here after his defeat.

After Roland opened the door, fresh air poured in, and choking dust billowed out. The sunlight that came in through the window was bundled into several beams of light by the dust in the room.

"Sure enough. Arsu, there are several possibilities you mentioned before, but none of them are the correct options."

Roland stared at the tall row of white bandage rolls placed in the most conspicuous place, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"What this really means is that what he signed for you was not a confirmation of the arrival of medical supplies at all! It was a repurchase form after the expired medical supplies were destroyed!"

"These bandages are so new...it's so new that I doubt the head of the Caral Medical Department. Why do they have to buy so many brand new medical supplies for Li Sailuo, who is not supervised by druids? Their annual budget is originally It’s not enough, otherwise they wouldn’t save money with this gutter trick.”

"The real reason is probably that our lord Earl destroyed all the medical supplies in the past, and then asked you to sign for certification, and bought a batch of brand new medical supplies. Because they are purchased rather than distributed, naturally they will not be used after they arrive. Until you sign."

"Okay, then we have now confirmed that the Earl is related to this plague event... and then?"

Akajika frowned deeply: "Why did he buy a new batch of medical supplies? If you want to mess with these things, can't you use the old ones? Isn't this intentional to show us the flaws?"

"Of course not."

Roland shook his head.

Because her purpose is to show her flaws to you...or to me.

Roland replied in his heart.

This is the problem that Roland ignored before.

You know, the collapse of the dock area was the reason for Elucardo's action.In other words, under the original situation, nothing would happen to the dock area.This can be regarded as an accident. Even Falina didn't know much about Elucardo, and it was impossible to predict that she could easily destroy the dock area.

If Elcardo hadn't destroyed the dock area, Akakaka Hana wouldn't have thought that there was a problem with medical supplies.But if she asks the earl to replace everything here with new ones, then when Chikajika or Roland finds out here, they will immediately feel that there is a problem here.

It can be said that this is the flaw that Farina deliberately exposed to Roland and Akakawa.The purpose is to let them focus their attention here.

"If I'm not mistaken..."

Roland pondered for a while, then stepped forward, took out a few rolls of bandages, cut them off, tore them up and threw them on the ground.

Akajika's eyes moved, and he also realized what Roland was going to do.

So he also squatted on the ground and rummaged through the bandages.

"--found it."

About half a minute later, Roland's voice sounded calmly.

Akajika looked away, and found that there were two rows of dark red bloodstains on the scrap of bandage held by Roland's right hand, as if bitten by a child's teeth.

(End of this chapter)